A consortium led by European missile manufacturer MBDA has been awarded a £30 million ($39.25 million) contract to develop and demonstrate a laser weapon for the UK defense ministry.
Algeria's substantial order for Russian combat helicopters indicates concern about both terrorists and international rivals, according to specialists on the region.
The British defense ministry has become the launch customer for Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud expendable active decoy, following successful trials of the system from a Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR4 last year.
Although the U.S. Air Force has been fighting for years to sunset the A-10 attack plane so it can move resources to newer fighters, Secretary Deborah Lee James tells Aviation Week the air arm may once again delay plans to retire the Thunderbolt II.
The pause in flight operations was ordered after technicians identified faulty cooling lines in the wings of the aircraft, according to a statement from the Norwegian government.
Rolls-Royce North America has won a $9.3 million contract to outfit U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s dozen AC-130W Stinger II gunships with engine heat suppressors as it also pitches another exhaust-cooling upgrade for the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey.
The FAA has selected Astronautics Corporation of America to develop and test methods to evaluate the vulnerability of aircraft onboard networks to cyberattacks.
Bell Helicopter plans to offer tiltrotors for almost every anticipated U.S. military requirement as its V-280 Valor prototype comes together in Amarillo, Texas.
Aviation Performance Solutions will certify CAE flight instructors to teach upset prevention and recovery training at the U.S. Army’s fixed-wing flight training program in Alabama.
Clay Mowry, who has headed the U.S. subsidiary of Arianespace for the past 15 years, is leaving the company to set up a Washington office for Blue Origin.
China launched its second orbital laboratory, Tiangong 2, on Sept. 15 as part of preparations for assembling a space station around the end of the decade.
Boeing is taking no chances on the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer competition, which may save its St. Louis factory when F-15 and F/A-18 production ends.
In this week’s Washington Outlook, the U.S. will provide $38 billion in military to Israel over the next 10 years; business groups want to restore Ex-Im bank’s ability to approve major deals; and the Air Force needs more time to upgrade its air traffic avionics systems.
As the Pentagon searches for the right platform for a future bomb truck to accompany its fifth-generation fighters into combat, a so-called “arsenal plane,” Boeing believes it has the answer.
Boeing is officially disputing the Danish government’s recommendation that Denmark select Lockheed Martin’s F-35 for its next-generation fighter fleet.
The U.S. Air Force will be appealing to the FAA for exemptions to its mandate that all aircraft be equipped with Next Generation air traffic management system equipment by Jan. 1, 2020.
